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I have it on good authority that Solid Signal will be carrying the Skywalker RG11 "soon".

The LA141R is the earlier SWiM amp, and the SWMA2T is the newer [and cheaper] SWiM amp. They both will do the same thing for you.The SWMA2T "was to" work with DECA, but you don't care/need it to, and "in most cases" it doesn't work that well for DECA. I'd use it because of the price, where I don't care about DECA.By installing it before your splitter, it doesn't need to work for DECA.

Well, i just got back from measuring the distance from the bracket to my kitchen window. The total distance is 265 feet, i guess another 40feet to play around with..

I will really like too wait on Solid Signal but my management office wants this job done ASAP. I think the NYC building Dept is after my landlord for tenants having dishes on "the child window safety gates" NYC-code 11

Great! so ill just go with the below items. Management office paying for the below items.

I have it on good authority that Solid Signal will be carrying the Skywalker RG11 "soon".

The LA141R is the earlier SWiM amp, and the SWMA2T is the newer [and cheaper] SWiM amp. They both will do the same thing for you.The SWMA2T "was to" work with DECA, but you don't care/need it to, and "in most cases" it doesn't work that well for DECA. I'd use it because of the price, where I don't care about DECA.By installing it before your splitter, it doesn't need to work for DECA.

Well, i just got back from measuring the distance from the bracket to my kitchen window. The total distance is 265 feet, i guess another 40feet to play around with..

I will really like too wait on Solid Signal but my management office wants this job done ASAP. I think the NYC building Dept is after my landlord for tenants having dishes on "the child window safety gates" NYC-code 11

Great! so ill just go with the below items. Management office paying for the below items.

No, i don't have a spool of rg6 cable. Just that cheap rg6 Quad shield coax cable from homedepot.

Not sure what the cheap RG6 from Homedepot is, but you don't need quadshield. If it's not between the PI and the dish, it doesn't need to be solid copper core.Other than these two items RG6 is basically RG6, but there can be a quality difference.

Ill just run the RG11 cable, 285 feet straight into the living room SWM switch. Then distribute rg6 cable..

Not sure what the cheap RG6 from Homedepot is, but you don't need quadshield. If it's not between the PI and the dish, it doesn't need to be solid copper core.Other than these two items RG6 is basically RG6, but there can be a quality difference.

That looks very workable.This is for several units, with each having their own dish, right?If so, each will have all the options DirecTV offers available and the relocation of the dishes will have zero impact on their service.

At the moment my building management office allowed 5 tenants to place their dishes on the roof.. 3 tenants were lucky. The brackets were placed on the EAST SIDE of the building. Their drop cables was no more than 125 feet My neighbor which lives under me and I both suffered the impact. We live on the WEST SIDE of the building 300 feet away. I will help her install the dish and lay RG11 cable from POINT A TO point B then she will have to call directv to work in her apartment.

EDIT: My neighbor needs to upgrade to SWM system.

That looks very workable.This is for several units, with each having their own dish, right?If so, each will have all the options DirecTV offers available and the relocation of the dishes will have zero impact on their service.

There isn't a SWM-4, but I'd guess you have the SWiM-LNB [which is the same as the SWM8, but included in the LNB] and the 29 volts works fine with it. "In fact" with long coax runs, it's known to work better than the 21 volt.I've run my SWiMLNB with a 29 volt for years without problems.